"Pan's Labyrinth"

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This paper reviews Guillermo del Toro's award winning, "Pan's Labyrinth", a Spanish language film about the experiences of the Spanish girl, Ofelia in a fantasy world. The author summarizes the film which has dual settings, one setting is in Spain after the Spanish Civil War, and the other is Ofelia's fantasy world. The author also discusses the important scenes in the movie and how these scenes highlight the themes, masculinity, fascism and the treatment of women in Spain during the time of the Spanish Civil War.

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Summary of the film
Important scenes
Masculinity
Fascism and condition of women in Spain

From the Paper:

"The film opens with a scene if which Ofelia is found bleeding on the ground. Then the narration describes the story of a Princess called Moanna in the underground world who escapes from her keepers to enjoy the human world. Princess Moanna eventually dies like all other humans but her father retains the hope that one day his daughter's spirit will return to him. Then the film describes the years that followed the Civil War in Spain. In this period Francisco Franco was in power. Ofelia travels with her pregnant mother to join her stepfather Captain Vidal who is posted in the mountains to fight the rebels. Ofelia meets a fairy which takes her to a faun. The faun calls Ofelia as Princess Moanna and gives her three tasks to complete in order to open the remaining portal and join with her father in the underground world. She completes her first task of retrieving a key from the belly of a giant toad but fails to complete the second task of retrieving an ornate dagger."

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